Improvement in shoe-tips



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H.'WHITE. Shoe-Tips.

PatenteduFeb. 16,1875.

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HUGH WHITE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF TWO -THIRDS HIS RIGHT TO0. H. FARGO & 00., OF SAME PLACE, AND JOHN MUNDELL 82; 00., OF

PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT \N SHOE-TIPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 59,99! dated February16, 1875; application filed September 19, 1874.

To all whom it may concern Beit known thatI, HUGH WHITE, of Chicago, inthe county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a n ew an dvaluable Improvement in Shoe-Tips; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawing is a representation of a side view of myshoe-tip. Fig. 2 is a detail View. Fig. 3 is a sectional View, and Fig.4. is a detail view of the same.

This invention has relation to the manufacture of that class of bootsand shoes, wherein a tip is stitched to the toe thereof for the purposeof protecting the upper leather from undue wear; and the nature of theinvention consists in a tip formed by bending over a prolongation of thesole of a boot and shoe, the tip thus formed being properly secured, asto its side edges, to the sole of the shoe or boot, and as to its frontedge to the upper leather thereof, thus doing away with the seam at thefront edge of the boot or shoe and greatly lessening the cost thereof,as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

In the annexed drawings, A designates a boot or shoe the sole B, ofwhich is provided with a prolongation, a, with wings I) of angular form,as shown in Fig. 2.

The sole B, its prolongation a, and wings I) are all formed of one pieceof leather shown in Fig. 2, and may be stricken out in a blank by asingle descent of a die, and the front edge may be provided with ascallop or scallops, and may have its edges thinned for the purpose ofallowing it to be more conveniently turned under and sewed to the sole.In this manner, when the shoe is completed the curved edges 0 of theprolongation of the sole are sewed firmly thereto, the front edge, 0,being secured to the upper leather, as shown in Fig. l, and a seamacross the toe is dispensed with; thus the danger of tearing the soleaway from the upper leather is obviated, while at the same time a strongserviceable tip is secured.

Instead of utilizing the sole to form the tip, I may use a separatepiece of sole-leather, B, having a prolongation, a, and wings, 11, shownin Fig. 5, which is rigidly secured between the insole O and the sole B,as shown in Fig. 3, the front edge of which is bent over and back, andis then rigidly secured to the upper leather of the shoe. In this way astiff strong tip is provided, greatly protecting the toe of the wearerin stumbling and saving the thin upper leather from undue wear.

It will be seen that by the use of a prolongation of the sole to formthe tip, I have greatly simplified the details of construction of thesaid parts, enabling me to dispense with a seam across the toe of thesole of a boot or shoe and obviating all danger of tearing the sole fromthe upper under the strain of an accidental violent stumbling of thewearer.

I am well aware that a tip, a sole, and a heel, formed in one piece ofgutta-percha or india-rubber are not new; hence, I do not claim suchinvention broadly.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The leather-blank having tip-forming pr0- longations a and wings bin onepiece therewith, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

' HUGH WHITE.

Witnesses:

S. SANDS, GEO. B. EKKARD.

